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Leland Tollett, interim president and chief executive officer of Tyson Foods, Inc., today named Archie Schaffer executive vice president, corporate affairs, a new position that is intended to enhance and expand the company’s role in the business community. Tollett also announced that Sara Lilygren, Tyson’s vice president, federal governmental relations in Washington, D.C., will move to Springdale, AR, to become senior vice president, external relations at the end of June.

This spring the Trendmonitor surveyed 3,500 farmers in eight countries – Germany, France, UK, Poland, the Czech Republic and Hungary. Included in the survey for the first time were top farming decision makers in Russia and the Ukraine: and responses from the new countries emphasised the continued importance of markets for agricultural machinery in eastern Europe and further afield.

Science and business in Germany demand more reliable legal and political frameworks and a more open social climate in order to be able to better exploit the opportunities offered by green genetic engineering.

Sara Lee Corp. announced that it will open a new, state-of-the-art sliced meat manufacturing facility in Kansas City, which will become fully operational by 2011. The plant is expected to employ more than 250 people.

May 19, 2009 - The Boards of Directors of PERDIGÃO S.A. and SADIA S.A. inform to their shareholders and the market that an association agreement has been executed today by and between both listed companies and the holding company HFF Participações S.A.

The Agritechnica 2009 team is set to stage an exclusive show preview in Paris on 29 May. At the event, France’s agricultural leaders, decision-makers, farming experts and representatives from the press will have the chance to assess the results from DLG’s latest Trendmonitor survey, hear some leading experts give their views on the future of European agriculture and the machinery sector, plus gain an insight into some of the highlights of Agritechnica 2009.

New president of Britain’s influential Pig Veterinary Society (PVS) is Peter Bown of the George Veterinary Group, Malmesbury, Wiltshire. Nigel Woolfenden of the Bishopton Veterinary Group, Ripon, Yorkshire, becomes vice-president.

About 760 biogas plants will be connected to the German national electricity grid in 2009 — three times the number in 2007 — according to estimates by the German Biogas Association. This is around 100 times more than exist in the UK.

ARM Buildings, the Staffordshire-based pig and poultry buildings specialist, reports that it has been running flat out with 24-hour shifts having been introduced at its Rugeley factory to keep up with demand for its range of pig houses.

The global swine industry increasingly relies on vaccination. With a total market value of 525 Mio € in 2008 vaccines have become the most important health management tool for modern pig production.

VNU Exhibitions Europe and Thai-based company N.C.C. Exhibition organizer (NEO) will strengthen their cooperation in Ildex Vietnam, The International Livestock & Dairy Expo.

VION Food Group Ltd has announced proposals to close operations at its Ashton site which processes and slices bacon products.